The Chocolate War Lesson Plan

What is Brother Leon’s message in Chapter Six? Do you think this is a fair or quality method of teaching? Explain your position. Finally, what is Jerry’s role in this chapter?

Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” This is essentially Brother Leon’s message, that bearing witness to cruelty and remaining silent is a way of condoning the cruelty. Yet some students may feel this doesn’t excuse Brother Leon’s cruelty, humiliating Bailey in front of the class. Brother Leon behaved cruelly to teach a lesson. Is this acceptable in the classroom, for a teacher to...